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[smilley792]

No, not close....a leg spinner is superior, even a part timer, which is why a part time leggie can get bell out, but (unless theres a slog going on) can you imagine root getting clarke out? Leggies have x factor, part time offies are just fence fodder really.

I was hoping you'd say that.......


 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bZwvJA70Nc&feature=youtube_gdata_player

[mk_chappo]

If the Aussies can put Swan away with ease. I don't think Root's off breaks will keep them up a night. Monty's the way to go. Turn the ball away from the right hander. Much more dangerous trying to use your feet with the ball turning away from you.

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[joeljonno]

I was hoping you'd say that.......


 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bZwvJA70Nc&feature=youtube_gdata_player

I cant see that on my phone but I really, really, really home that is Michael Vaughan bowling Sachin Tendulkar through the gate...

[joeljonno]

No, not close....a leg spinner is superior, even a part timer, which is why a part time leggie can get bell out, but (unless theres a slog going on) can you imagine root getting clarke out? Leggies have x factor, part time offies are just fence fodder really.

Bell got himself out. He came down the track to a big lollypop full toss and shanked it.

I could have bowled that ball and got Bell out. 100% batsman error.

In fact, he was quite lucky Johnson held on to it, he had to move quickly and get down low, I think the only reason he held on was long arms and big hands. Some others might not have caught it.

[mo_town]

If the Aussies can put Swan away with ease. I don't think Root's off breaks will keep them up a night. Monty's the way to go. Turn the ball away from the right hander. Much more dangerous trying to use your feet with the ball turning away from you.

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Monty would mean one less quick in the line up..Big risk to take..

[uknsaunders]

No, not close....a leg spinner is superior, even a part timer, which is why a part time leggie can get bell out, but (unless theres a slog going on) can you imagine root getting clarke out? Leggies have x factor, part time offies are just fence fodder really.

Chip in with...

KP v Clarke at Adelaide in the last Ashes.

http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/534226.html - Ruldolph, Smith, Amla.

[400notout]

Faulkner out of contention with a broken thumb.

I think Harris will play his last test of the series if they win in Perth, resting him and playing another seamer, possibly Dougie or Nile.

[FattusCattus]

I've got a good feeling about tonight - I reckon the tables are about to turn and that Jimmy and Broady are going to bowl first and run through their top order - then one of our batters is going to grit it out and go way past their score, and we will hang on for a narrow victory. This will turn the tide of everything - KP and Bell-end to start scoring mountains. Confidence will rise and Alistair Cook will be a legend once more.

Mind you I'm off my tits on painkillers and out of my mind on antibiotics.

[joeljonno]

Mind you I'm off my tits on painkillers and out of my mind on antibiotics.

No change there then.

[FattusCattus]

Not fair - it's normally cheap lager and the cat's worming tablets!

[Buzz]

Nice little stat from today's Spin email

In the last two years, James Anderson has delivered 7,256 balls in international cricket, more than anyone other than Ravi Ashwin. Among the quicks, next on the list is Stuart Broad, who has got through 6,344. Dale Steyn is third, with 5,549. Anderson has bowled 285 overs more than Steyn in that time. This year, again, the two quick bowlers with the heaviest workload worldwide have been Anderson and Broad. No wonder Anderson is flagging, or that Broad so often seems to bowl shy of the speed he is capable of.

http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2013/dec/12/the-spin-england-steady-decline

[tim2000s]

Did someone say we have a bit of a shortage of high enough quality quicks?

[awp]

I was hoping you'd say that.......


 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bZwvJA70Nc&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Ive tried, but I cant seem to convey tongue in cheek in written form.......

[awp]

I've got a good feeling about tonight - I reckon the tables are about to turn and that Jimmy and Broady are going to bowl first and run through their top order - then one of our batters is going to grit it out and go way past their score, and we will hang on for a narrow victory. This will turn the tide of everything - KP and Bell-end to start scoring mountains. Confidence will rise and Alistair Cook will be a legend once more.

Mind you I'm off my tits on painkillers and out of my mind on antibiotics.

I have a feeling despite all the talk being sbout Johnson thst harris will be the hero in this test.

[Number4]

Excellent first days play... 1st England on top and then Aussies dominate the second half of the day.... Great batting display by Steve Smith and Brad Haddin.

Poor batting early on by the Aussies but then England lost the plot and bowled poorly at times